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Assassinated Leaders Research Project


Part 1: Choose a leader from the following list. Complete the research worksheet. Then you will complete a research paper with the information you gathered.



Choice of leaders:

- John F. Kennedy: former president and supporter of the Civil Rights Movement

- Martin Luther King Jr.: preacher and leader of the Civil Rights Movement, believed in peaceful protests

- Archduke Franz Ferdinand: royal leader of various countries

- Gandhi: leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India, believed in peaceful protests

- John Lennon: musician and activist

- Robert Kennedy: politician and United States junior senator from New York, supporter of the Civil Rights Movement

- Malcolm X: an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.

- Harvey Milk: an American politician who became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office and human rights activist

- Montezuma: ruler of the Aztecs

- Julius Ceaser: a Roman politician, general, and author

- William McKinley: former president

- Medgar Evers: Civil Rights Activists, his death inspired the movie The Ghost of Mississippi

- Benazir Bhutto: first and only woman elected to lead a Muslim state, Pakistan Prime Minister



Suggested websites:

history.com
biography.com
cnn.com
bbc.com
time.com
life.com

Research worksheet:


Part 2: Choose one of the following ways to present your information


- Prezi: https://prezi.com/login/
Username/email: caitlinnichols@walkerschools.org
Password: RMSbulldogs1617
Directions: Include the information from your research in your presentation. Also be sure to answer the following summary questions about the assassin and assassinated leader
  • Who?
  • What?
  • When?
  • Where?
  • How?
  • Why did the world care?

- Trading Card: You will need to create a trading card for the assassinated leader AND the assassin. You will need to get a quote for this type of presentation from each person as well. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html

- Poster
Directions: Include the information from your research in your presentation. Also be sure to answer the following summary questions about the assassin and assassinated leader
  • Who?
  • What?
  • When?
  • Where?
  • How?
  • Why did the world care?

- Essay
Directions: Include the information from your research in your presentation. Also be sure to answer the following summary questions about the assassin and assassinated leader
  • Who?
  • What?
  • When?
  • Where?
  • How?
  • Why did the world care?

ONCE YOU ARE FINISHED:

1 ) Watch biography videos on your leader on any of the suggested websites or on http://www.brainpop.com//.

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